Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Mordy, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Mordy registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Leon County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Daniel Mordy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Mordy
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Leon County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Years in Texas before Leon County
7 years
Signature, as written
"David x Moody"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Daniel Mordy reported 7 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 11 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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